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THE DAILY BEE. H. ROSEWATER, Baitor, PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. THRMS OF SUBSCRIPTION afly and Sunday, One Year £1x Months . Three Month: Bunday Iles, (me Year " Weekly Nee, One Year with Premium OFFICES. Mo Oftca, ot Hogkers Nutiding Cliicags Office, Fa7 Rookers Build N‘V"L\ wk, Rooms 14 and 15 Tribune Build- gton. No. 613 Fourtaenth Street. 2 Posrl Street. Lincoln, W20 P Street, Eouth Omaha, Corner N and 20th Strosts. CORRESPONDENCE, 11 communieations relating to news and odl h-{‘ml matter should be addressed to the Editor. 1l Department, BUST 83 LETTERS, Te addressed to The Bee Publishing Company, v payable te the ordel of the company, The Beg Publishing Company, Proprietors er Bullding Farnam and Sever nth Stree: ‘The Bee on the Trains. There is no excuse for a failure to et Ty on the trains. A\l newsdealers have been ed to carry a full supnly. fravelers who want 11 HER and cun’t got §€ on trains whers other o1 + ure carried are roquested to no- 1ify Tie Ben ensh ba particular to give in all cases full rmation as 10 date, railway and number of (Give un your name, not for publication or un. Tecessary use, but as o guaranty of zood faith, S —————— THE DAILY BEE. Bworn Btatement of Oirculation. Ktaye of Nelraska, | {«\Imy of Douglas, %% Qrorge’ 1. Teschuck, secretary of The fee - Jublishing Company, does solemnly swear that ihe actual circulation of Tre DALY BEE for the ‘waek endine January 4, 150, was as follows: Bunduy, De Monday, D Tuesany, Dec. Wednesday, Ja Thyrsday, Ja) Friday, Jan. Ealurday, Jun. 19, HUCK, bed to in my A. D. 1890, . . FEIL otary Pubiic. Average GEORGH I Bworl to before me and subs: Presence this 4th day ot Janunr, Etate of Nebraska, (Seal, | anty of Douglas, fos George 1. Tzschuck, being duly sworn, de- poses and says that he Is secretary of The Hee Tublishing Company, that the actual average daily circulation of e DALY BEe for the month of January, 1880, was coples: for February, 180, 18,006 coples: for March, 1880, 15,854 «coples:1or April, 1849, 18,550 coples;for May, 158, 15,660 coples; for June, 1880, 18,438 coples: for July, 1840, I8733 coples: for August, 1880, 15, €51 coples: for Beptember, 1650, 0 coples; for October 183, 18,997 coples; for November, 1680, 10.910 coples: for Docember. 160, 20,043 copie: GEONGE B. TZSCHUCK. £worn to before me and subscribed in my Presence thisth day of January, A. D, 180, [Seal.] N. P. Fer, Notary Public, ThE expiring council placed the cap- stone on_its monument by voting forty thousand dollars to the gas company. Tuk confession of judgment in the gas claim removes one long standing uod proiific boodleelement from munic pal affai THE ceremony of inducting Judge Brewer to a seat on the supreme bench lacked the stimulating influence of Kansas milk punch ProyiNeNT Montana democrats con- that the republicans have won the ctory. In other words, honesty triumphs over fraud. : HIGGINS predicts that the next democratic candidate for the pres- will come from the west. Mr. Higgins is something of a prophet in political matters. Ir John Jay Knox succeeds with his bill to make silver the basis of national circulation he can draw on the mining states of the west for an unlimited amount of good will. Tue valedictory of Broatch is con spicuous for two things—its pretensions and omissions. It must have been a surpuise to him that the planet did not stavd still when ho stepped down and out, Tk mayor of Chicago has issued an- other order that gambling must stop. 1t will if the supply of victims runsout, and this contingency is not likely to arise while the present population pas- tures by the lake. FIRsT ASSIs ERAL CLARKSON has grown slaughtoring democratic and threatens to resign. That he re- gards his experience in office as in- structive is a significant confession. weary of postmasters NOTWITHSTANDING the efforts of the weather burean to pile up blizzards in this section, the climate switches them to the-north and south with delightful regulavity. «-In the matter of weather, - 88 in gll things that contribute to human hupg\uon, this is the highly favored “Tand. . THERE are eighteen hundred mem- bers in the republican resubmission ¢lub in Wichita, Kan. These figures ‘aro suggestive, coupled with the as- sortion of Congressman Peters that there was grave danger that Kansas, with its eighty-two thousand republi- can mbjority, will beeome a democratic state, 5 SR TiE superior court of San Francisco, following the line of precedents in the eastern states, aunuls the franchise of the American Sugar Refining -company or joining the sugar trust. With its tentacles lopoed off at the Atlantic and the Pacific and the gulf, the saccharine octopus has no valid excuse for defer- ring its funeral. Se————— CONGRESSMAN SPRINGER proposes to place u rider on the bill to admit ‘Wyoming and Idaho to statehood. He insists that New Mexico and Arizons shall be admitted at the same time, but it is safe to predict that vongress will noterect a state for the amusement of the Mexican greasersuor muke Arizona an aunex for Mormondom. : W——e— . Frw men who have occupied the ar- duous position of police judge have performed the duties of the office with &reater satisfuction to the public than Judge Berka., His record is a credita- Vble one. Impartial in the adminis- wation of justice, generous to erring humanity, sud a terror to chronic evil- doers, Judge Berka takes with him to wrivate life the good will of the commu- nity and the satisfaction of having | fuithfully carried out the trust reposed in him by tne people. SILVER A8 A NOTE BASIS. The question of providing an ade- quate security for the national bank notes to replace the government bonds now employed ns sueh security, is a per- plexing one. The subject has been in diseussion for saveral years and a great variety of plans and expedionts have been suggested only to be dismissed after examination as impracticable or unsafe. The fact which confronts the country is the steadily diminish- ing circulation of the banks, which must inevitably continue under prevail- ing conditions. The maximum circula- tion was reached at the end of 1873, at which timae it stood, in round numbers, at three hundeed and forty-one milhon dollars. From that time onward, not- withstanding the inereasing ments of trade, it has steadily lost ground, until now the banks are re- sponsible for buta little more than or third of the amount of notes they had out sixteen yoars ago. This plainly indieates the early extinction of the bank cireulation unless something be done by The Ay of the treasury said in his annual report: “The banks now derive no profit from their circulation, and actual loss is inflicted upon tho smaller banks, and upon those located in the newer sections tho country, by renson. of being obliged to purchase bonds at a high and steadily advancing premium as a b \lation. A change in existing is necessary to pre vent serions con- ction of the currency by withdrawals from the system. The comptroller of the carrency dis- cussed this_subject at length in his an- nual report, suggesting as remedies i reduction in the minimum of bonds de- posited to secure eirculation an increase in the percentage issued thereon in civeulating notes, and a redue- tion of the tax now levied on circulation, None of the: recom- meadations were new, and the fact that they have received so little favorable consideration heretofore does not augur well for their ncceptance by the present congress. They might accom- plish the purpose intended, but it is questionable whether veli banis of any part of the tax iveu- lation, which is an essential part of the plan, would meet with gencral popular approval. The latest gontribution to the solution of this question comes from Mr. John Jay Knox, formerly comptroller of the cur- rency, who proposes as part of the se- curity for bank circulation a doposit of gold coin or bulliou or silver bullion at the current market price. As reported, the plan of Mr. Knox is to limit the cir- culation of banks to seventy-five per cent of their capital stock, and to re- quire that seventy per cent of this ci culation shall be secured ted States bonds, or half this amount, at the op- tion of the banks, by a deposit in the uational treasury of gold coin or bul- lion. The operation of this plan may be thus illustrated: A bank having a capital stock of one hundred thousand dollavs would be ailowed a circulation of seventy-five thousand dollavs. Seventy per cent of this amount, or &fty-two thousand five hundved dollars must be secured by government bonds, though if the bank prefers it may pro- vide «s security for half this amount a deposit of gold or sil- ver. For thirty per cent of this circu- 1ation, or twenty-two thousand five hun- dred dollars, there would be nosecurity except in the form of a *‘safety. fund,” which itis proposed to create by re- ducing the amount of United States notes now outstanding and also the na- tional bank redemption fund, giving together three million dollars, and adding thereto the one per cent tax on civeulation. In the opinion of Mr. Knox this would make ample provision for tho thirty per cent of circulution not otherwise secured, the yearly ayerage amount of insolvent bank notes since the national system was instituted being only six hundred thousand dollars. It is esti- inated that in twenty years this safety fund would amount to twenty-five mil- lion dollurs. The prominence of Mr. Knox asa financier entitles his plan to serious consideration. The proposal to employ silver bullion as a security for bani cir- culation 1s very sure to be widely dis- cussed, and it is not doubted that un in telligent and unprejudiced examina- tion of this feature of the plan will re- sult in commending it to general favor. We think the plun would be Improved by omitting gold in any form asa security, but this-may not be very im- portant for the redson that in. the ex- ercise of their optien the great major- ity of bankers would deposit silver bul- lion. The plan of Mr. Knox appears entirely vracticable and eafe, and is open to fewer objections than suy of the others that have been presented for maintaining the nationat bank circuia- tion. Juire- ngress. an of sis by SUGAR PROTECTION. The ways and means committee heard on Monday two arguments in favor of retaining the duty on sugar. One was by ex-Governor Warmouth of Louisi- ana, who assured the committee that if the duty on sugar were taken off or re- duced the effect would be disastrous to the sugar-producing interest of that state. A bounty would be acceptable 1f there could be any guaranty that it would be continued, but as there could not be the only safety for the sugar pro- ducers of Louisiaua is in a duty. The other argument was by Mr, Oxnard, the beet sugar vefinzr at Grand Islund, Nebraska, who presented at lengih his views of the necessity of continuing the present duty on sugar for some years, in order to enable the beet sugar Qdun_ry to develop. Mr. Oxnurd has unquestioniog faith in the ultimate growth of this indus- try to such proportions as will fully supply the demand for home copsumption and materially reduce the price of this necessavy if it shall continue.to be protected by the existing duty for a few years. He be- lieves that & change of policy at this time regarding the sugar duty would have the effect of permaneutly destroy- ing an industry which gives promise of adding greatly to the wealth of the country within the néxt wen years, and AHA DAILY B that there would be no compensating benefit from such change of policy to the consumers of sugar This is intelligent testimony to which congress should give due consideration. The duty on sugar is almost wholly for revenue. It is ensily and cheaply collected, gives us next to the largest singfh item of revenue, the inereased price from it is an unconsidered trifle, and what is taken from the taxpayers goes mto the tax- payers’ treasury, not into the pockets of afew individuals, The incidental pro- tection it gives to a now small interest isnot got by eseluding foreign sugar, nor does it impose any hard- ship or eXnction upon the consumers. It is by no means certain that the peal or reduction of this tax would re- sult in any public benefit, while the government would lose a source of rev enue to which there is nota sound ob- jection or a reasonable complaint. Itis demonstrable that to lower or remove the duty on raw sugars might he of ad- vantage to the combinations for controlling * the market, but it annot be certainly that there would be benetit in any other dirvection. Obviously the sugar trust could desire nothing bet- ter than legislation which might have the effect of destroying 'in its infan the beet sugar industry of the country. There are ekcellent reasons why the sugar duty should be allowed to stand, and none equally good for interfering with it. Some revision and modifica- tions of the schedules may be desirable, but to cutoff the more than fifty mil- lions of revenue annually devived from sugar, or a considersble part of it, thereby preventing velief to the people from thereduction of other taxes, does not (ind warrant 1 any demand of the public interests or welfare. re- shown HIS ADMINISTRATION. edictory of Mayor Broatch is characteristic of 1ts author. From first to last it is a stilted effort to magnify his own services as a reformer and im- press upon the taxpayers the idea that the city was in adeplorable condition financinlly when he entered the oftico, and through his remarkable financier- ing and persistent retrenchment is now in possession of a large surplus in its treasu We concede that Mr. Broatch has ef- fected some reforms for which he is en- titled to credi He has at various times exhibited commendable’ zeal in opposing questionable schemes and shecked the rapacity of some of the franchised covporations. But his mes- sage 15 mislending. The large surplus which he exhibits is no proof of econ- omy or retrenchment. It simply shows what au enormous burden Omaha tax puyers are compelled to bear for main- tamning the city government. The sixty-eight thousaud doilar sur- plus in the city hall fund is no ovidence of economy. but quite the reverse. Mayor Broatch for- gets to state that the city has issued one hundred and twent; e thousand dollars of city hall bonds, to create this surplus, besides dumping in «twenty thousand dollars of school money. He fails to observe that over eighty thou- sand dollars have been paid out of the city hall fund and all we have to show for it is an incomplete set of plans and about ten thousand dollars worth of foundation walls. The seventy thousand dollar surplus in the judgment fund only shows that the tax levy has been increased in ticipation of claims trumped up ugai the cit; Mr. Broatch points with pride to the fact that city bonds have been sold at a premium, but he fails to call attention to the more important fact that the city’s bonded debt has increased over half a miliion during b1 thirty months of office. A large part of the surplusin the treasury represents unexpended proceads from th le of these bonds. Nobody contends that the mayor has incurred this increased bonded debt, but he is largely responsble for the enormous increase in the running ex- penses of the city government, as shown by the gencral fund expenditures before and sinee he came into office, During the year ending July 1, 1886, the gencral fund expenditures aggre- gated one hundred and fifty-six thou- sand seven hundred and twenty-five dollars aud sixteen cents; during the six months from July 1 to December 31, 1887, halt of the flrst fiscal year after Broatch became mayor, the general fund expenditures were one hundred and fifty - eight thousand nine hundred and seventy-tive dollars and eighty-five cents. In other * The words the running ex- penses of the first year of Boyd’s last admimstration were about twenty-two hundred dollars less than the first half year of Broatch's term. The general fund expenses for tho year 1888 had rolled up to two hundred and sixty thousand two hundred and seventeen dollars aund thirty-three cents. This was n very marked in- crease. But for the year 1889 the gen- oral fund expenses foot up three hun- dred and nineteen thousand four huu dred und eighty-one dollars and thirty- five cents~-more than doubling the ex- penseeof” 1885-6. This increase repre- sents simply the salaries und incidental oxpenses of city officials and the street commissioner’s gang, It does not rep- resent the police and fire departments, the fire hydrant rental, public library exponses. parks, ete., for which special taxes are levied, and all of which have move than doubled in the aggregate during Broateh’s term. As to the increase in the public im- provements during the last thirty months the less said the better. They lack in quality what they wmake up in quantity. The reduction in the cost of paving material is scarcely due to Mr. Broeateh any more than is the reduction in the price of brick. N The political reforms which Broat¢h advocales are very wuch at vari- ance with his own practices. He wants to put a stop to the bulldozing methods of corporations who vote their men in squads of six, while he. person- ally bousted that he coerced hiscoachman to vote for Taninger, and wotoriously sought 1o carvy his own renomination with corporation squads of “‘twenties” wnd “thirties,” supplemented by the | voint, JANUARY 8. 1890 stroet commijseioner’s gangs that were mustered forthé occasion and disbandea aftor the primaries at_a cost to the eity of soveral thousand dollars. The most stmking feature of the fare- well messagé 1§ the martial and dicta- torial spirit, that permeates it. Mr. Broatch wanls the mayor to be made an autocrad, empowered 1o ap- empfoy and discharge all cit officgrs at his pleasure, Mr. Broateh 'wints these subordinates to be subseryjent and dependent upon the mayor solely for their existence and sustenanee. He wants them to keen constantly in mind that he is their benefactor and provides them and their families with food and vai- ment at his own expense. This 1s the key-note to the unpopularity of Mr. Broateh with ¢ large percentage of his own appointees. He demanded of them political allegiance and wanted a ve | them to play the lackey and flunkey to the mayor. ways “my administration,’ “my men,” “my prim- ‘my enemies.” And every- body was an enemy who did not fall into the Broatch procession. Tie report of the government expert sent out to investigate the manufacture of beet sugar in Kansas furnishes somo fucts of special interest to Nebraska furmers and to the communities contem- plating embarking in tho industry. Four and seventy hundredths acres of ground planted with seed brought from Germany produced sixty and a quarter tons of cleaned beets, or about twelve wns to the acre. [rom this quan- tity ten thousand one hundred and fifty-cight pounds of sugar and three hundred and eighty gallons of molasses were obtained. Owing to the fact that the cultivation of beets was entirely new to the work- men alarge per cent of the product was wasted, but even with this disndvantage. together with the want of proper machinery, the factory men made a fair profi “The results,” says the official, “‘demonstrate beyond any doubt tha with a sufficient amount of capital, the right location, the best machinery and good business munagement, sugur mak- ing in Kansas can be made a finaneial success.” Tne frequency of a tight money mar- ket is explained by the fact that during periodical squeezos New York bankers ble to place loans at an interest rate of for per cent. Whenever there is u sc of spot cash reported it is safe to conciude that the money loancrs on Wall street are holding up their victims, THE row in the board of over incompetent teachers brings into promirence the defects of the system of examination in'vogue. Applicants for teachers’ certificates ave examined.on the whole range of qualifications ex- cept the vitak-one—the ability to prop- ly manage t'class or a school. Able tv Corrgct I1s Own Blunders. sl Minugapols Tribune,, "the republican party knows that it must be on its good behayior if it would succeed, for its proportion of men-who think for them- sulves is 50 high that the party dare not of- fend thom by persistent misconduct. It is far superior, therefore, in its power of seit correction, LR il Indorsement of Democrats, New York Herald, What we want in this city is a double back action, patent revolving illotine on Union square. A basket full of heads now owned by bummers and humbugs and political swindlers would materially help us to solye the problem of good government. We ace cursed and harvied and victimized by politi- cians, and Tammaoy heads the gang. LT David Isn't Built That Way. Philadelphia Tnquirer. The late Grover Cleveland has written another letter in favor of ballot reform, but without giving an idea about what he really means Neither e nor any ono else, how- ever, is to get much ballot reform in New York as long: as David B. Rill is governor of that state, S rmountable Hill . Louis Globe-Demoerat, New York shuts itself out of any chance of gotting ballot reform or avy other sort of reform for three yeare to come when 1t re- elected Governor Hill in 1888, If the empire state 1s carnestly and intelligently desirous of keeping up with tho procession, it will elect a republican governor next year. ek The Time-Honorod Slippor. Chicago Herald. Boxing the cars as a means of punishing childven Is a dangerous practice. There are many recorded ‘cases in which the drum of the ear has been ruptured by this wethod of punishment, and & ‘short time sgo a deatnh was caused by it in England; the car drum was ruptured, oar disease set in and ex- tended to the brain, causing death. After all, the slipper properly apvlied 18 the best wenas of castigation, and no ear diseuse can result from 1ts use. —-— THE BEK's A Filis Them wi Mitchell (8. D)) Republio Among the annnai reviews printed as New Year's cditions: by many of our exchanges no une is quite 8o attractive in its mechan- al snd artistic) features as that issued by Pup Ovana Bri i'Phe illustrated record of fine buildings oréeted in 1899 is really re- markable, 1t §peaks eloquently of the en- terprise of Omahai—so eloquently, indeed, that we are altogetfier persuaded that Soutn Dakota shoald BaVe direct connection, and that at once, with this progreasive cormmer- cial capital. We beliove, 0o, that she will have such. That Qmuha can present such a record of stirriug progress as shown by Tue Bre and yet faily bulld a road mto South Dakola were a patadox past our comprohen. sion, But suchi @ paradox docs not, nor 1 our judgment, Will bot exist. oo Sty It Was Saperd, Cedar Lapids (o) Gazette. Tu# Ozaua Bee comes out on January 1 with & hthographea paper full of illustra~ tions and & completo review of the city for the past year, It was ope of the most superb of all the holiday papers that bas reached us. Cannor He Excelied. « Netraska Ploneer. The New Year's edition of Tus Guaus Ber contained an. excellent review of Omaha for 1839 and four pages of litho- graphs represeting the great buildings built there during the past year, Asa Nes brasks and Omaba institution Tux Brg cans not be excelled. Beats All the Others, Mead Advocate Tug OMaun Bee issued one of the finest wewspaper editions ever lssued in tho stale on New Yoar's day. Tt contained fine cuts of All the promiuent and best bujldings in the clty, together witlfa rosume of Omaha's growlh and prosperity. The issue was not only a credit to Tre Bee'bat to the city of Omaha as & whole, Wo have always con~ tended that there was more onterprise and snap about Twe Bree than all the other dailios in the state put fogether, and weo suill continue to think s An Eye Opensr. Holdvege Progress, The New Year's number of Tis Oy AnA Bre was a honey, It can not fail to be an eye opener to the ‘“down easter.) It is ahead of anything in that line ever issued by the metropolitan dailies of New York, Phila- delphia or Boston, Omaha Getting There York Times. Tt seomed as though the holiday number of Tre Oxana Bee of last year ¢suld not bo improved upon, but this year it is oven bet- ter than last. The improvement is due to the magnificent improvements made in the city during the year. The new Bre build ing, the New York Lifo Tnsurance building and numerous other gant and costly struc- tures, which are hundsonioly illustrated in Tuw Bee, would be a credit to day city on tho continent. This holiday papac is the best and truest advertisement any city could lave. Anyone who can ‘road pictur can seo at n wlance that Omaha is getting there. On the Top Kound. Camphell. Press. “The annual issued by Tie OvMams Bre is adaisy. Itison the top round of the art roscrvative, and shows up the city of Omaha and hier progress the past vear to perfection. A Work of Art, Davenvon t(fa,) Demoerat-Gazelte, Tie Ovana Ber tukes a aay for the fine art business. Eight pages of heavy croam tinted paper supply the background for some of the finest engravings the eye has soen. Omaha's bank clearings for 1880 foot up $203,081,000, an increase of 12i5 per cent over 1888, The wholesale trade is repre- sonted by 844,910,000, and the pork and beet packing industry by $23,500,000. It has been a great year for Omaha and the busy Ber, which is housed in its new magnificent build - 1 costmg half a mitlion, Most Complate, Lecumseh Republican . rthe OmanA BEE presents its pictorial an- noal, a superb number, comprising four large pages of illusteations of new buildines in Omaka und four pages of facts and fig- ures showing Omatia's progress. The one thing lacking io this edition is a diagram of the ruilroad from Omaha to Y ankton. A Supernp Number. Yankton (S. D.) Press and Dakotan, Tue Ovana Bee's illustrated annoal was the fincst and most complete of any that came 1o this ofico, e 8 THE DIV PATTL The Wild Enthusiasm Which Greeted Her Last Appearancoe in Chicago. ‘Tho Italian opera season at the Auditorium, in Chicago, was a most successful one, tho receipts haviag amonated to §232,05L Ihe Chicago Tribune thus spoaks of Patti's lasy appearance : ‘The madame was rarely pretty as Rosina, and she seemed to be in the spirit of the au- ience yosterday more than she had ever been before. She saag and acted and was comely, with all her best skill, and O! gracious idol! she condescended to answer two encores. The shrewdness that has saved her voico for twenty-five years of wear melted the heat of a tremendous welcome, and the madame sang several thousana doliars’ worth of song for nothing. It was in the singing lesson sceno of ‘‘I'he Barver”” that she came forward with the music sheet in her hand and warbled the shadow song from “Dinorah.” Now was the time for an encore. A mightv storm of ap- plause swept down from the galleries and crashed over the stage. Kigaro Marescalchi put his fingers in his ears in mock terror. For n moment Patti seemed to hesitate, She was coy even in the face of such tumultuous recall, But at last she stepped forward with her hand on her heart and courtesied her assent, The applause ceased for a moment and then broke forth aguin in another storm, when the bows began to creep across tho strings in the melody of “Home, Sweet The prelude ceased and the applause. Patti's first nightingale notes rippled over tho foot~ lights in an_unbroken, breathless silence. The great house was hushed. Not the shghtest rustle of a skirt broke the fairness of the melody. When the last cooing mnote of the frst chorus had melted there was a wild roar from the pits and the balconies. ‘I'he madame sang the second verse as well as sho bad sung the first, and never when ner voice was youngest and freshest did she sing the first verse better. Men and women rose from thewr seats and cheered as she drew back, bowing aud smiling. Tho bal- conies rained programmes and handker- chiefs on the pit, Six thousand men and women can make much noise, and these 6,000 were taxing their powers to the limits. ‘fhe madame trica a smile. It failed to allay the tumult. She tried three or four bows. ‘'hey only made the waves mount higher, ither Patti must sing or *The Barber of Seville” must suffer and dinner must wait. PATTI'S NERVE. So Patti sang. She whispored to the con- ductor of the orchestra, and the band struck up Arditi's “Kiss waitz,” “II bacio.” The audienca recogmzed it and cheered. Patti sang it beautifully, but she won more hearts by one act than by all her soprano trills. with all proper respect to the trills, which were not slow. While she was warbling tho most delicate passage in the 80ng there was o crash of glass and a splin- l/drmk of wood that sounded ominous. It was 80 sharp and suddon that it sent a tremor through the house, aud the audience looked apprehensive for & woment. The orash must have been distinct to Patti, for it cswe from bebind the scene, where some workmen had smashed-a skylight, but she never turned or moved a foot. She flushed a trifie, but her ‘notes dia not waver. She was the picture of self-composure. ~he only indicated that she had heard the noise by slightly waviug her hand. Theinfluence of her nerve reassured those 1n the audience who may have felt a little panicky, there was a laugh and a burst of hand clapping for the courageous singer, and the song went rippling on just the same a8 though nothing had occurred. “The applause was almost as stormy after the kiss song as it had been after “Home, Sweet Home,"” but Mme. Patti had sung all she was going to, and she answered no more calls. Al i, The Last Wail of tho Lost Spirit. To the Editor of Tug Bre: Mr. Broateh's figures rogarding the treasurer’s office rre fictitious and misleading. The chairman of the finance committee, from whom he gets them, obtained his amounts from the conip- troller's office. Mr. Wheeler never consult- ed me. or sought information that would be reliable. The whole thing was for effect. Every schoolboy knows the proportion that exists when we compare the mean with the two extremes, Instead of seeking ao aver- age, Mr. Whesler purposely picksout the maximum iv each instance, which in a eity like Omahas, where frequently a half million dollars are paid out in_a month, is & most unreliable dstum. Take the balance reported.on the last day of June, 1830, to be #940,000, It 18 true that on that day this smount appears. 1ut us a mattor of Tact I held, as part of that amount, fully $200,000 of tax receipts which bad been ordered nd not paid for. 1 paid out between the 1st and 15th of July over §300,000. Therefore, i order . to Obtain . & ean between the ‘smovatsion hand-June 80, and July 30, 1 must take 1nto account the sums o: band June 80, sud July 15, I am surprised Mr. Broatch did not see this, before he fired off his part- ing shot, 1o conclusion, let me say thut ou the firal of every wonth the smount in the treasurer's hands is large, by the accu- mulation of taxes, ete. On the 15ih of the month, the balance is comparatively small us Lthe appropriation ordinance is [ the first weeting ofthe council in each month, aud the money out before the Mo Jous Rusw. STATE HISTORICAL, SOCIETY. Prof. Howard Speaka of Its Aims and Needs. AN APPEAL FOR FINANCIAL AID. A Report that Lincoln Froemasons Are Expelling Liquor Men—Stace House Gossip— City Nows Not 102 P Starer, LixcoLy. Neb., Jan. 7. Prof. George . Howard, of the stato university ary of the State Historical soclety, was seen by Tre Bre correspondent this morning and mterviewed regarding the work of that organization, Prof. Howard said substantislly: I agreo with my critic in this morniug's Ber that Nebraska needd a more thoroughly organized historical society than wo have at presont, but this wo can never have without larger appropriations. What the little band of us are doing at present is primarily a labor of love as the uppropriation for the pay of the secretary, 100 a year, does not pay for the cataloguing of the books and pamphlets received. Our eritic speaks of Kansas in comparison. That's all right, except that Kansas is proviaed by 1aw with large, handsome and roomy quarters in the state capitol building. The secretary is paid a decent salary and he has from two to four clerks constantly in his employ. He makes a business of it and the stale pays tim and his help handsomely for their sevvices. He is doing a great work for Kansas, and this work should be done for Nebraska, but it can never be done uatil better quarters are vroviaed, some competent man secured as secretary who can devote his whole time to the work, and then the state must pay him for his servicos. states there are county societies, auxiliary to the stute society, and the state secrotary at- tends these county meetings, gets acquainted with the old sottlers and thereby collects much valuable historicat data. That cannot bedone in Nebraska because there is mo money appropriated to pay the expenses. he present stato historical socioty was organized on September 25, 1878, at the Capi- tal hotel in this city, and there were present Miller, Chris Hartman and J. Allen of Douglas county; Governor Silus roer and H. S. Kaley of Webster couaty ; R. Thompson, T. P, Kennard, W. W. Wilson und Samuel Aughey of Lancaster county; Rev. J. M. Taggurt and J. H. Crox- ton of Otoe county: C. H. Walker of Frank- lin county; Hon, Lorenzo Crounse and ¥. N. Grennell of Washington county C. D, Wilbur of Saline county; J. Q. Goss of Sarny county H. Wheeler and Will- mm Gilmore of Cass county; O. T. B. Williams of Seward county; L. B. Fitield of Buffalo county: Rev. B. W. Shryock und E, Shugart of Gi ounty: Willlam Adair of Furnas of Ne- Laxcons Buneav or Tar OMana Bee, } nce then annual meetings have been held and the work of collecting historical data has been prosecuted with ali the ability and energy which the members could spare. The historical library now coutains in the neighborhood o1 3,000 volumes pertaining to the history of this state and in fact to all parts of tho United States, and the bulk of these collections have come from voluntary contributions. Ex-Governor Furnas and myself go every day through as mauy of the papers of this state as are at our command and every item of'a historical nature is cut ana carefully preserved for future refer- ence. We are not doing what Kansas is for the reason above stated and for the further reason that Kansas appropriates from 83,000 to $5,000 every vear for the support of hor socioty., We bave published two volumes of intoresting historical matter and heve two more ready to print. At the last session of the legislature $1,500 wss appropriated for this privting, but the enrolling clerk left it out of the bill and of course we lost that amount. ‘There was also appropriated $500 which is supposed to be our regular stipend, but the enrolling cierk, by an error, gave it 1o tho state horticultural society, and we are left without anything except a small balance from a previous appropriation. \We hope to have better quarters in the near future, either in the new university building or in the capitol huli\.flnfi. and then we will do more. f we only had room to make & showing of what wo have done, it would count for something and the people of the state could ses and appreciate the labors of the few who have taken an interest in the work. “By the way, the annual meeting will be held in the university chapel on the even- ings of January 14 and 15, I am glad to see Ltk By taking hold of the work of interesting the people in this subject and 1 feel sure” that if that paper advocutes a decent treatment of this soclety that the people will respond heartily,” The Masons and the Liquor Dealers. Tt was reported late last evening that tho Masonic lodies of this city have begun the work of eaforcing the rule said to have been adopted at a recent session of the grand lodge which prohibits liguor dealers from becoming or continuing to be mewmbera of tho order. Iu 18 revorted that some six weeks ago a number of charges wore preferred against saloon keepors in this CiLy Woo were Masons and that at a recent nearly all night session the triul of one of the accused took place whicl resulted in his expulsion from theorder, A number of othor cuses aro re- ported to be pending,” and it is said that the ultra temperance element are srranging Lo carry the war to every lodge in the state whero saloonkeepers are members. State House Gossip. Every member of the Mexican excursion party that went from the state house was back n his place today and receiving the congratulations of his friends, The private oftice of Auditor Benton was thronged all day and huge clouds of smoke hovered over tus apartments as his_friends burned the cigars he brought home from the land of the Greaser. Harvey Cole,treasurer of Hamilton county, made settlement today with the auditor and paid into the state treasury the sum of $),172.5 ‘The Glenover street ralway company of Beatrice filed articles of incorporation today. The eapital stock is §20,000, The incorpo- ratorsare Edward B. Sherer and Charles O, Bates. i Representatiye hali is being handsomely and tastefully decorated for the annual char- ity bail, which tukes place the evemng of the l4th. J. A. Andrews, oue of the sub-contractors under John Lanbam for the work on the im- provement of the capitol grounds, was atthe state house today Kicking for his pay. He claims that Lanham has not paid nim for threo months. Andrews hac he did the work according to instructions received frowm Lanham, though he knew that it was not done according 10 the plans and specifica- tions. The Census. A prominent politician of the First econ- gressional district was in the. eity today and in conversation with Tue ee correspondent said: “The work of taking the census will begin in earnest on Junei. I understand that all the supervisors of the cemsus ha orders to report the populatiou of their ro- spective districts to the head of the bureau at Washington on'July 1, 0 that the total population” of the Unitéd States may be given to congress at the earliest possible moment. Congress will then make the ap- portionment by which we Nebraskans hope 1o get from threo o four additional mem- bers of cougress, This work will be co: pleted, or it is hoped to bave it done by the widdle of August, when I haye the best of sssurance for saying that Governor Thayer will call a special session of the legisiature of this state to re-district the state. The present intention is to have this work all done by the middle of September or the 1st of Qetober, 0 that at the general election of 1500 Nebraska poople cau vote for the new members of congress and at the next session the state will be represented in congross Pproportion to her presont population Governor Thayor said today that would hardiy ba an oxira session ¢ the purpose of re-districting tho s the additional congressmon could ens electod at large, To Inveatigato the Sherifr. W48, Demaroa of Hoea was in tho cit day, bringing with him & potition sienoed & number of citizens of Hickman and R Asking the county commissionors to inqui into the record of tho sheriffs office for past fow vears. The setition was flied w the county clerk lato this afternoon. . E. Thompson Talks Mr. D. E. Thompson, suporiutondent of the northoern division of tho Burlington, was seen today on his return trom the trip to Moxico, In regard ton sucoessor, ‘he said that he would not ba relioved for somotimo yot. The namos of sevoral gentlemen twero under consideration, but no ono bad yot beon decided upon. H that he intended starting for Earope about February 1. His objective t would bo thence hio in Bgypt, In the Supre Thoro are two cases of espac the supremo court from Gage connty. is the State ex rel. Jonn B. Stew One Inseveral of the eastern George B, Emery, county is like unto it. Undor the new law of 158 it was made the duty of the board of supo visors, immediately after the taking offo of the act, to divide the county into toyw, ships sunilar to tho congressional townships, The supervisors in the even numbered town- ships should be elected in the ovon numuered Ars; thoso in the odd numberad townships in the 0dd numbored yoars. In these tw even numbered Lownships of Gage county w fow of tho voters cast their votes for o dates for suporvisors at the gonoral ol in 183, There were only a fow votes cast for the offica—not near & majority of the voles cast on thatday. Tho parties recoiy ing these votes appliod to tho county clork for a certificate_of elections this the clerk rofused to give, These cases are brought to Kot a construction from the suprome court on the question whether the supervisors in the even numbered districts told ovor. Tho attorney genersl has held v "The following new cases were filed today : D, E. Green & Co. vs Whitfiold Sanford, error from Seward county; Zepnomiah Swartzvs W, . Metielland ot al, appoal from Gage county: Grand Island Bankin Company vs the First National Bank, orror from Hall county. The following at they do. tlemon were admitted to practice: W. B. Compton of Johnson county, J. H. Easterday of Jolinson count; Iu the case of the State ox rel. vs Coleman, Myron E. Wheeler wa pointed referes to take and roport evid Schuyier vs Haona, submitted on motion to quash, notice of appeat: Calland v8 Nicto! submitted; Lininger vs Glean, submitted; Mitchelson vs Smith, submitted; Barmo, Plummer, submitted; ‘lownsond vs Case, submitted ; Greonwood vs Craig, i South Braveh Lumber Company v john, continued; Aultman, Millor & Dentiett, submitted on motion to dismiss: Lydick vs Palmquist, continued; Deyarmon vs State, aismissed ; Greenwood vs Cobbey, submitted on motion to dismiss; Jones v the State, submitied. Court adjourned to Wednesday, 8, 1560, at 8:30 a. m. Franse vs Armbuster. Error from Cuming county. AfMrmed. Opumion by Maxwell, J. Stato ex rel Beocher vs Waiksly, Judge. Mandamus. Writ deniea. Opinion by Reese, Ch Miller vs Camp, Appeal from the district court of Fillmore county, Reversed und re- manded, Opinion by Keese, Ch, J. Foster vs Devinnoy, Error from the dis trict court of Johnson county, Reversed and remanded. Opinion by Reese, Ch. J, = Comstock vs Col revived in name of B. B. Boyd exrel. Ecror from the district court of Cedar vounty. Afrmed. Opinion by Muxwell, J. Helmer vs Commercial Bank, the district court o1 Gage county. Opinion by Maxwell, J. January Afirmed. City News and Notss. Geueral Supermtendent Calvert of the Burlington is off on a trip to Newcastl Prof Caldwell of the state universily has returned from Washington, where ho at~ tended the sixth annual mocting of the American historical ussociation. Lancaster lodge, No, 9, Independent Order of Oddfellows, installed the following officers last nigh! N. G, C. G. Barton; V. G., 3. E. Consaul; secrotary, H. W. Randall; pormanent secrotary, O, C. Bell: treasurer, C. T. Boggs; warden, J. B, Gesbery; R. S. N. G., J. 8. Bradley:' L. 8. N. G., Frank Ostrander: conductor, Fred Cheney: R. S. V.G, J. 3. Foster; L. 8. V. Gu, A. 8. Mas« terman: 1. G., A, Katzanstoin; O, G., John Hollman; R. 8, J., William Schultz;’ L. 8. S..d. B. Boggs. ines in the police court for Decembor amounted to $961.40, tho largest in the hiss tory of the city. There was 0o quorum at the city council meeting last night. "The barns of William DoHass and William Geraham, in the vicinity of Twenty-third and R streets, were burned about 11 o'clock last night; loss about $200. The origin is thought to have been incendiary. Mayor Graham has succumbed to tho La Gripoe. Councilman McLaughlin left last night over tho Missouri Pacific for i trip through A. M. Trimble of Garfield precinct is viug a visit from her nicco, Miss Fannie ‘I'rimble, of Ottawa, 111, Councilman Dean has the La Grippe. ‘I'ne Woman's A1d society of the Holy Trin- ity church gave an_entertainment this oven- ing at the residence of Charles Hammond. Marshal Carder {8 sclling the plunder taken from the prisone dur] the last six months. The celebrated 170 yards of silk which figured in the Crick controversy is a part of the stuff to be sold. George Tompking, who claims to be from Denver, and who has been sick at the police station since Saturday, was taken today to the Sisters’ hospital. The adultery case agalnst. Willam Dice tas contivued until Friday at 9 n.m, The case against C. T. oqgr for keeping Gallowsy cattle inside of the oity limits was continuod until Tuesday, Mayor Graham'a little daughter is ser: ously ill with the influenza. Mayor Graham wrote Congressmau Con nell today, sending him & number of cuts of prominent buildings and & bira'saye view of 1he city, together with a photograph of tho postofiice building, to be used in support of his bill for an appropriation foran addition 10 the building. Bovos (JPERA HOUSE Three Nights, i Monday, Jan, 6 THE UNIVERSAL FAVORITES JOSEPH PHOEBE AND THEIR OWN COMPANY, In the Following Revertolre: Monday Evenivg, . . Tuesday Evening “TheWorldAgainstHer, Wednesdny Evening, SForglyen”, e acarae, JAN. 9, 10 axd 1. ——BATURDAY MATINKE. Eugene Thomuking' Bosten Thoeatre Co, In an Eiaborats Production of the ~—-SENSATIONAL DOWESTIC DRAMA-—— DT MO/ ¢4 MANKIND % B Tl e 7 The Sreat Steamship, | | The Mob, The Rescue, The Grand Banks Fag, | Strong Cast,Flne Scenery Prices— 5, 0c. 760 And 8100, Matinee Prices— S0c and Tic, Beats go on sale Wednesday,

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